For female riders, style is as much of a concern as practicality, and the latest classy Italian brand to hit the stores in the UK is the Bella Ciao bike range, which offers bicycles for everyone. These bikes provide a lavish experience while still allowing you to exude a chic style while riding on your retro design. The frames are all Italian and lovingly hand-built. They then go to Germany for quality finishing. So you can just imagine what kind of bike you are going to get, with all the design flair of the Italians, combined with the precision and detail provided by German engineering. And much of Europe has been bitten by the Bella Ciao ladies bicycle bug too, with outlets springing up in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France.
So you will be pleased to hear that Bella Ciao now has an outlet in the UK too, with city bikes available through the online retailer Bikesales4u.com, and even better news is that a donation is made from sales of their Bella Ciao bikes to the charity Against Breast Cancer. Here’s just one beautiful example from the UK range, described by Peter from Bikesales4u:
BELLA CIAO
CORVO CITTA Donna
The “chic” Italian ladies city bike.
BELLA CIAO’s beautiful Italian handmade city bike, the CORVO CITTA Donna (pictured above) is a classic designed “step through” bicycle for ladies looking for an iconic, elegant, hand crafted bicycle in the true Italian style. With its legendary Frascona curved frame, colour coordinated mudguards and chain guard this bicycle has been designed for true elegance, performance and style. The attention to detail is exceptional, with only the highest quality components used to ensure extremely low maintenance and excellent reliability. The CORVO CITTA Donna is light, robust and versatile in the unmistakably elegant Italian way.
The CORVO CITTA Donna comes in a choice of five colours with the single speed at £599 or with the highly reliable Shimano Nexus 3 speed internal hub at £699 and available from Bikesales4u (www.bikesales4u.com).
So if you live in the UK, there’s a new model to look out for. And don’t worry if you are not in a country where you can easily find a Bella Ciao retailer. You can also order order from Bella Ciao directly via the contact page on their website.
